A Bevin Hero [The O'Hagan Way 5] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour ManLove) (13 page)

“Truly?” I was filled with such hope that I prayed that this was real.

“Yes.” His cheeks heated up and he leaned in and pressed his lips to me ear. “I think I love you. I just need more time to be sure. I’ve never been in love before and I’m not as old as you guys. I’ve not seen much love. I didn’t have parents who showed me what it was like. Hell, they hated each other. I think this is what love feels like. I trust you. Even after what happened I trust you as I did Rian to claim me. I want you to. You haven’t changed your mind, have you?”

“No!” I whimpered. “I thought ya didn’t want me. I went to the Queen for help. I also asked for a favor so I could give ya something to show how much ya mean to me.” I glanced over to Brian. “Do ya have blood? Coffee? I need to sober up. I can’t claim him drunk. I won’t dishonor him that way, and I won’t scare him that I’m not in control.”

“You are so forgiven for worrying me for being that sweet,” Bev purred as he rubbed his cheek against mine. “I missed you. Next time you promise to come talk to me if you think something’s going on. Am I so easy to walk away from?”

“No,” I growled as I rolled us over and pinned him to the ground. “No you’re not. Me heart shattered into a million pieces that ya let Rian claim ya when I left, but I
love
ya both enough that I was willing to leave so ya could be happy together. It would have killed me, but I would have sacrificed me happiness for both of yours. I want nothing but me mate and me twin.”

“Ya have us, Ronan. Nothing comes between us,” Rian said gently. “Not even a man. And our mate would never make us choose. Bev be too good of a man for that and fate wouldn’t be cruel.”

“I know he is,” I agreed, meeting me twin’s eyes. “Which is why I knew he’d never, ever tell me if he only loved ya. He would have done what was right and been with us both, and I couldn’t do that to either of ya if he didn’t want me.”

“Hey, I do want you so it’s a moot point. No more assuming things,” Bev chastised. “I know we got a rocky start, but we’re past that now. You’re going to sober up and give me hot, hot sex where you claim me. Then we’re going to sleep and start tomorrow together as mates.”

“Yes,” I hissed as I licked along his collarbone. “Why are ya not loopy anymore?”

“If he keeps biting us it doesn’t last as long,” Rian answered. “We figured that out earlier. So if he starts to get tipsy, ask if ya be his, and he’ll jump ya and bite ya.”

“Gladly,” I groaned as I massaged Bev’s ass. Then I nibbled on his ear and he let out the prettiest yowl. “And I have a mating present for ya if ya want.”

“I love presents,” he giggled.

“Banning, can ya fill Rian in far away or in the bathroom with the shower running where me mate can’t hear it?” I wiggled me eyebrows at Bev and he giggled again. It turned out Banning had put the phone on mute when I had opened me big mouth so I didn’t blow me own surprise.

We made out until Brian came in with the coffee and blood. I downed two bags and four cups before I felt sober. Then we left, after I apologized to me brothers and their mate again. On the way back to the palace, I told them what the Queen had said, about her driving lessons, and her request for Bev.

“Actually, I might be able to do better than that,” Bevin hedged as he nibbled on his lower lip. “I can etch in glass too. I’ll let her know if someone can get me a drawing of his wolf, I can etch it into some layered glass so it looks like it’s captured in crystal. I can’t draw, but I can copy sketches and put them into glass.”

“Just another way ya are amazing,” I whispered in awe. How cool would it be to have such gifts?

“I hear I’m not the only one with amazing talents I don’t brag about,” Bevin said quietly as we walked down his corridor. I blinked in shock and then glanced at Rian who nodded. “Don’t be mad that he told me. I was worried that you could have been taken, and he was trying to reassure me you could handle yourself.”

“I’m not mad at all. I’m glad ya know,” I replied honestly. “It’s just weird that someone else knows. We’ve never told anyone. Not even our parents or family.”

“Why not? I would think it’s a big deal.”

“Exactly. It’s a big deal,” I answered. “We didn’t know how others would take it or if they’d have to let someone know. Our das are Councilmen. There might be rules on telling people. We’ve never heard of it before.”

“Heard of what?” Rylan growled, stepping out of the shadows. “What’s a big deal and why are you hiding it? And why did you dismiss your guards, Bev? I’m going to kick your scrawny ass.”

“Oh, shite. Just when things start to calm down it’s something else,” I groaned. Then I blinked at Bevin. “Ya kicked out ya guards?”

“This isn’t a discussion for the hallway,” Bevin sighed, opening the door to his suite and shooing everyone in. It turned out Onah and Ferris were there as well. So they came in too, the other guards left, and Bevin started turning on noise machines so no one else could overhear in the hallway. Wow. It was like a secret society meeting.

Bevin explained what happened and why he sent the guards away. Rylan sighed but nodded and I understood as well. I was actually grateful that he handled things so well so me twin didn’t get crushed by an accidental comment.

“So what’s in the box and what other secrets have you guys been keeping?” Rylan asked.

“Can I just tell ya only what’s in the box?” I hedged. “I asked the Queen for a favor and it’s a mating gift for Bev.” He nodded and we walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower. I explained what me mate had said about Zion and what I’d asked for.

“So one of those would turn you into fae warrior size for three hours?” he gasped, his eyes wide. I nodded and he bit his lower lip. “Can I have one?” Now it was me turn to have me eyes bug out at him. “Caven said he saw in Ferris’s head a fantasy that we were both in bed with him but I was bigger, so it wasn’t really me but the man had my face. He wants to be tag teamed with two big guys.”

“Aye, ya can have one if ya don’t tell Bevin what it is or what ya do with it if I don’t surprise him with it first.”

“Deal,” he chuckled. We went back out with everyone else, and I could tell Bevin was dying to know now what was in the box. I took out one of the potions and gave it to Rylan. Now I could tell our mate and his were completely confused. “I’ll explain later, my loves.”

“Okay then,” Ferris drawled. “So what else is up? What have you been hiding?”

“Our family doesn’t even know,” Rian sighed. “We didn’t know if our das would have to tell the Council if anyone found out.”

“Found out
what
?” Rylan asked again. Then he saw our apprehension and Bevin’s. “Guys, I won’t tell, okay? Yes, I’m a Councilman, but I’m a King. You’re mated to Bevin which technically makes you pack and that renders you bound to me by margay and pack laws. If you were just any vampire, yes, I’d have to tell them, but not in this case.”

“Ya trust him with ya life, right?” I asked Bev.

He nodded. “Ry always keeps his word.”

“Okay then,” I sighed, running me fingers through me hair. Without even being asked, Rian handed me a tie and I fixed it back. “We have more than one gift.”

“So?” Ferris hedged. “That’s odd at your age but not unheard of. There are vampires with more than one gift. Victor Marius just came into his second one. Desmond has two of them. Strong bloodlines tend to have two.”

“We have more than two.” Rian winced. “We have four.”

“That’s not possible,” Ferris whispered, his gaze darting between us. “What are they?”

“We have like a telekinesis gift,” I answered and levitated a bottle of the sports drinks Bevin had been drinking. I took a sip of it and then floated it to Bev. He giggled and thanked me. Then I lifted Ferris out of his seat and made him do a little dance.

“Got it, put me down,” he growled. I did and he shook his head. “Aren’t you tired?”

“No, I’m energized,” I snickered. “We don’t get tired when we use them.”

“What else?”

“We can throw energy blasts in rapid succession,” Rian answered. “Ya don’t want us to demonstrate that one.”

“No, no we don’t,” Ferris snickered.

“Ya have the power to control water,” I said, showing our third gift. Ferris’s eyebrow’s shot up. “Aye, we can read what other vampires’ gifts are. Can ya show us?” Ferris nodded and focused on the glass of water sitting on the table. He pulled it all out and swirled it around the table, ran it down to the floor and then sprayed Onah in the face.

“Very funny, my love,” the warrior playfully growled.

“Rian?”

“Yeah, I’ll take this one,” me twin chuckled. He focused and did it all backwards, pulling all the water off Onah and getting in back in the glass. “We can mimic any gift we’ve been around.”

“For how long?” Ferris whispered. “I’ve never even heard of that gift.”

“We’ve had it for about fifty years, and so far none we’ve come into contact with we’ve not been able to do again,” I hedged, glancing at Rian.

“Except the ground thing. I wasn’t paying attention when Desmond did it,” he argued.

“Aye. We both have to be paying attention when it happens to be able to mimic it. We don’t have as good of control as if it was our own gift, but we can do it.”

“And what’s the fourth one?” Ferris asked and then swallowed loudly.

“Do ya water thing again,” I answered. He did and I focused on him. The water stopped and fell where it was.

“What are you doing to me?” he gasped.

“Draining ya power. It will come back but I’m pulling it out of ya like a battery,” I explained and then released him. “Instead of it draining ya for using it too long, we can speed up the process and drain ya out so ya can’t use ya gift.”

“Holy shit,” Rylan exclaimed as he glanced between us. “I have to call a High Council meeting for the morning.”

“
What
?” the three of us shouted, jumping to our feet.

“You promised, Ry,” Bevin said, his tone full of hurt. “You promised not to tell.”

“I know, but you don’t understand. We just found our weapon against Osvaldo Diaz. You two are the weapon we need.”

“Back up and explain that one,” I drawled. “I don’t like being called a weapon for one.”

“Aye,” Rian agreed.

“Cyrus told everyone at dinner about the castle and the gifts his family has. Apparently his father is like Magneto from X-Men,” Rylan explained.

“He can manipulate metal,” I clarified, waiting for Rylan to nod. “So guns would be useless around him as are swords.”

“Not the ones Riley designed and we facilitated putting into glass with Bevin’s help, but we don’t have time to get everyone a sword. Some of Cyrus’s family might still be alive, and we need to get those humans out and stop the creation of more demons. Plus, we need to do this before Jon was supposed to have checked in with his plan by the end of the week. We also have margays to get out of Paris. We can’t do one without risking things blowing up somewhere else and them knowing we found out information.”

“Shite,” I hissed. “Ya need us to drain the leader of the demons so ya can attack his stronghold.”

“No. No fucking way,” Bevin growled. “You are
not
risking my mates like that. Queen Magdalena can come up with something else. She’s powerful enough to come up with another solution.”

I had a feeling in the pit of me stomach when I saw the look in the King’s eyes. “Probably but we’re more expendable than she is. She’s the leader of the fae. They can’t risk her as they can a couple of farmers.” Welcome to the way of the world.

When I saw the truth of the situation hit Bev, his eyes filled with tears. Oh, our poor mate.

Bevin

I felt like the rug was being pulled out from under me as I sat there in the High Council’s courtroom. It was like their big meeting room and where they passed judgments. Kind of like when I’d watch Senate hearings on TV. I never, ever thought I’d be sitting there. As I glanced at my mates, I couldn’t help but think back to last night, replaying it in my mind over and over again.

“You’re
not
more expendable than her,” I argued, tears falling down my cheeks. “You’re easier to kill than she is. She’s basically indestructible. I’ve heard her say that. Let her go. You guys said you weren’t allowed to be warriors because you weren’t big enough. But now they’ll send you in to save their asses? No! I forbid it.”

“Bev, me heart,” Rian whispered as he knelt down in front of me. “Listen to us. They wouldn’t send us in alone and they can’t make us, okay? If we can help would ya really love us if we didn’t tell them what we could do? Do ya want mates that run from the fight?”

“You’re not running. You’re being smart. The Queen is badass. Let her handle this.”

“Oh, darling,” Ronan sighed. “We didn’t know humans could be made into demons. What other tricks do they have up their sleeve? Their biggest priority was to take out Magdalena. Ya heard that yourself. We can’t send her in alone to do this.”

“Don’t send
anyone
alone! All the warriors go.”

“But they might not be of much help if we can’t go in with them.” He shook his head as Rian squeezed my hands.